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  • Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Aug 22, 1485
    Elizabeth Woodville

    Battle of Bosworth Field

    Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Aug 22, 1485

    In 1485, Henry Tudor invaded England and defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. As King, Henry VII married Elizabeth of York and had the Titulus Regius revoked and all found copies destroyed. Elizabeth Woodville was accorded the title and honours of a queen dowager.




  • England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Aug 22, 1849
    David Copperfield

    Changes in detail occur during the composition

    England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Aug 22, 1849

    Changes in detail occur during the composition: on 22 August 1849, while staying on the Isle of Wight for a family vacation, he changed on the advice of Forster, the theme of the obsession of Mr Dick, a secondary character in the novel. This theme was originally "a bull in a china shop" and became "King Charles's head" in a nod to the bicentenary of the execution of Charles I of England.




  • U.S.
    Friday Aug 22, 1862
    Abraham Lincoln

    A wish

    U.S.
    Friday Aug 22, 1862

    Privately, Lincoln concluded that the Confederacy's slave base had to be eliminated. Copperheads argued that emancipation was a stumbling block to peace and reunification; Republican editor Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune agreed. In a letter of August 22, 1862, Lincoln said that while he personally wished all men could be free, regardless of that, his first obligation as president was to preserve the Union: My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union ... I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.




  • U.S.
    Friday Aug 22, 1902
    Ford

    Cadillac Motor Company

    U.S.
    Friday Aug 22, 1902

    Henry Ford Company became the Cadillac Motor Company on August 22, 1902, after Ford left with the rights to his name.




  • Belgium and France
    Saturday Aug 22, 1914
    World War 1

    Battle of the Frontiers

    Belgium and France
    Saturday Aug 22, 1914

    The initial German advance in the West was very successful: by the end of August the Allied left, which included the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), was in full retreat; French casualties in the first month exceeded 260,000, including 27,000 killed on 22 August during the Battle of the Frontiers.




  • Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
    Sunday Aug 22, 1920
    Irish War of Independence

    RIC Detective Swanzy was shot dead by Cork IRA men

    Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
    Sunday Aug 22, 1920

    On 22 August 1920, RIC Detective Swanzy was shot dead by Cork IRA men while leaving a church in Lisburn, County Antrim. Swanzy had been blamed by an inquest jury for the killing of Cork Mayor Tomás Mac Curtain.




  • Germany
    Tuesday Aug 22, 1939
    Adolf Hitler

    Military mobilization is ordered

    Germany
    Tuesday Aug 22, 1939

    Accordingly, on 22 August 1939 Hitler ordered a military mobilization against Poland.


  • Berlin, East Germany, Germany
    Tuesday Aug 22, 1961
    Berlin Wall

    First casualty

    Berlin, East Germany, Germany
    Tuesday Aug 22, 1961

    On 22 August 1961, Ida Siekmann was the first casualty at the Berlin Wall: she died after she jumped out of her third floor apartment at 48 Bernauer Strasse.


  • France
    Wednesday Aug 22, 1962
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle targeted for death

    France
    Wednesday Aug 22, 1962

    De Gaulle was targeted for death by the Organisation armée secrète (OAS), in retaliation for his Algerian initiatives. Several assassination attempts were made on him; the most famous took place on 22 August 1962.


  • St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
    Monday Aug 22, 1966
    Best Buy

    Richard M. Schulze and a business partner opened Sound of Music

    St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
    Monday Aug 22, 1966

    On August 22, 1966, Richard M. Schulze and a business partner opened Sound of Music, an electronics store specializing in high fidelity stereos in St. Paul, Minnesota.


  • Nicaragua
    Tuesday Aug 22, 1978
    Nicaraguan Revolution

    The FSLN Staged a Massive Kidnapping Operation

    Nicaragua
    Tuesday Aug 22, 1978

    On 22 August 1978 the FSLN staged a massive kidnapping operation. Led by Éden Pastora, the Sandinistan forces captured the National Palace while the legislature was in session, taking 2,000 hostages. Pastora demanded money, the release of Sandinistan prisoners, and, "a means of publicizing the Sandinista cause."After two days, the government agreed to pay $500,000 and to release certain prisoners, marking a major victory for the FSLN.


  • Chechnya, Russia
    Thursday Aug 22, 1996
    First Chechen War

    Bad Joke

    Chechnya, Russia
    Thursday Aug 22, 1996

    The bombardment was however soon halted by the ceasefire brokered by General Alexander Lebed, Yeltsin's national security adviser, on 22 August. Gen. Lebed called the ultimatum, issued by General Pulikovsky, a "bad joke".


  • Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
    Sunday Aug 22, 1999
    Dwayne Johnson

    SummerSlam (1999)

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
    Sunday Aug 22, 1999

    The Rock defeated Gunn in a Kiss My Ass match at SummerSlam.


  • Hong Kong
    Friday Aug 22, 2003
    Angelina Jolie

    Tomb Raider 2

    Hong Kong
    Friday Aug 22, 2003

    Jolie reprised her role as Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003), which was not as lucrative as the original, earning $156.5 million at the international box office.


  • Bahamas
    Monday Aug 22, 2005
    Hurricane Katrina

    Formation

    Bahamas
    Monday Aug 22, 2005

    Hurricane Katrina formed as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005, as the result of the merger of a tropical wave and the remnants of Tropical Depression Ten four days earlier.


  • Russia
    Tuesday Aug 22, 2006
    Garry Kasparov

    First public chess games since his retirement

    Russia
    Tuesday Aug 22, 2006

    On 22 August 2006, in his first public chess games since his retirement, Kasparov played in the Lichthof Chess Champions Tournament, a blitz event played at the time control of 5 minutes per side and 3-second increments per move. Kasparov tied for first with Anatoly Karpov, scoring 4½/6.


  • Québec, Canada
    Friday Aug 22, 2008
    Celine Dion

    Dion presented a free outdoor concert in Québec City

    Québec, Canada
    Friday Aug 22, 2008

    On 22 August 2008, Dion presented a free outdoor concert, mostly in French, on the Plains of Abraham, in Québec City, Canada, for the 400th anniversary of Québec City.The celebration gathered approximately 490,000 people.


  • Burbank, California, U.S.
    Monday Aug 22, 2011
    Marvel Studios

    Studio dismissed most of its marketing department

    Burbank, California, U.S.
    Monday Aug 22, 2011

    On August 22, 2011, at Disney's behest, the Studio dismissed most of its marketing department: Dana Precious, EVP of Worldwide Marketing; Jeffrey Stewart, VP of Worldwide Marketing and Jodi Miller, Manager of Worldwide Marketing. Disney markets Marvel's films.


  • New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
    Huawei

    An arrest warrant was issued against Meng Wanzhou

    New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 22, 2018

    On 22 August 2018 an arrest warrant was issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Meng (Huawei vice-chairwoman and CFO) was charged with "conspiracy to defraud multiple international institutions", according to the prosecutor.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Aug 22, 2019
    Android

    Android Q

    U.S.
    Thursday Aug 22, 2019

    On August 22, 2019, it was announced that Android "Q" would officially be branded as Android 10, ending the historic practice of naming major versions after desserts. Google stated that these names were not "inclusive" to international users (due either to the aforementioned foods not being internationally known, or being difficult to pronounce in some languages). On the same day, Android Police reported that Google had commissioned a statue of a giant number "10" to be installed in the lobby of the developers' new office. Android 10 was released on September 3, 2019, to Google Pixel phones first.


  • 67560, Rosheim, Bas-Rhin, France
    Saturday Aug 22, 1485

    Beatus Rhenanus Brith

    67560, Rosheim, Bas-Rhin, France
    Saturday Aug 22, 1485

    Beatus Rhenanus was born in Sélestat, Alsace, and he is a classical scholar.


  • La Rochelle
    Sunday Aug 22, 1773

    Aimé Bonpland Birth

    La Rochelle
    Sunday Aug 22, 1773

    Aimé Bonpland was born in La Rochelle, France, in 1858, and traveled with Alexander von Humboldt.


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